Updated 2022!
Hanukkah begins on Sunday, December 18th this year. Why is the date always different?
Students look at the Hebrew calendar and appreciate the incredible mathematics involved in creating a calendar that aligns both the moon's revolution about the Earth and the Earth's revolution about the Sun.
The activity: hebrew-calendar2022.pdf
For members we have solutions for this activity below.
hebhebrew-calendar2022.docx hebrew-calendar2022-solutions.pdf
CCSS: 5.NBT, 5.OA, 6.SP, 8.SP, S-IC
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